Soloarmar construction engineering system

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to the Soloarmar construction system comprising an original wall construction method, in which the cavities in the blocks are precisely aligned in the vertical axis. According to the invention, the blocks are assembled using an inner engagement device such that resistant masonry can be produced quickly and specially adapted for clay or concrete blocks using specific industrial templates, machines, nozzles and dies designed by Soloarmar. The appearance and characteristics obtained are similar to those obtained with standard masonry techniques, but with the mixture only being used to lay the first course instead of between all of the blocks.

I. BACKGROUND

On the traditional method of construction of walls, it has been commonly used, the mixture or mortar to secure one brick with the other, so much horizontally as well as vertically—the mixture of sand and cement resists the compression but does not resists the lateral shoves. With the proposed method, based on the modular dimension of the bricks, we achieve continuity on the vertical holes of the bricks,—so much those of sand and cement as well as those of clay—, when having the continuity of the holes our propose is to use a part designed for that purpose, that we will call “joint” to couple a brick with the other, in order that the construction of walls be made on a dry form—does not uses mixture to adhere the bricks within them—, providing the following advantages:

-   -   Saving on manual labor, that does not to be qualified, only a         bricklayer for the marking out the ground plan of the first row         of the structure.     -   Saving on materials, less waste as there will be no use of         mixture between the bricks.     -   Saving on the time of reinforcing of the walls, as its joinery         work is much faster, only fitting the bricks without the need of         leveling them, nor pasting them with mixture.     -   Savings on the time of the plastering of the wall due to its         verticality, the plastering are minimum and uniform. Only to         seal the brick.     -   Saving in reusing the plastic material as the fitting between         the bricks are made of “joints” constructed of a         non-biodegradable material avoiding that it affects the         environment.     -   Saving in the use of mixture (sand and cement) causing a         decrease on the unrestrained extraction of sand from the         littoral or beaches.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The Construction System SOLOARMAR, consists on an original method where the holes of the bricks rigorously coincide on the vertical sense. In order to achieve this it was designed an special modulation for the bricks that may be of Clay or Concrete both conventional raw material. In order to join the bricks we use a dispositive designed for that use that we will call “Joints” to internally fit the bricks allowing greater endurance and strength on the bricklaying, eliminating the use of mixture (cement and sand) between the bricks so much on vertical sense as on horizontal sense.

III. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM “SOLOARMAR”

a. VERTICALITY: As the system consists on fitting the bricks by means of internal joints forces to preserve the verticality (at plumb) of the wall. Avoiding in this way that at the end of the construction of the walls have to use the method of refilling in the plaster of the wall in order to obtain the plumb, causing a direct saving in the bricklaying.

b. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATTERNS: The bricks has been developed with special and industrialized patterns, with machines, nozzles and specific dies for stamp designed by SOLOARMAR.

c. EFFICIENCY: Consists Rationalize the building, reducing the costs, delivery periods and eliminating the waste.

d. DRY ASSEMBLY: Assembly made by a system of interior fitting very simple, inexpensive and efficiently.

e. JOINTS: The joint part is manufactured of high resistance recycled plastic, that fits the bricks by the inside one with others.

f. ASPECT: Has an aspect similar to the Conventional Bricklaying. The characteristic of this system with bricks and the joints, is that are the only elements differentiated and exclusive of the process; as all the other components and its applications are identical to the conventional, nevertheless its use is rationalized, with patterns and sizes.

IV. ADVANTAGES

Speed (50% more speedy).

Due that is building is like a lego, the speed to assemble the walls without need of time to setting of plaster, makes that the assembly of wall be followed by the plastering of the wall.

Lower Price (30% more inexpensive) by meter.

Because it is not used the mixture between the bricks, requires less qualified hand labor (1 helper and 1 starter of brick layer) for the assembly. Equally will have the saving on materials for the production of the mortar and its respective waste.

Eliminates the specialized hand labor on assembly. Using only on the first row of bricks of the conventional bricklaying. Only an qualified bricklayer for the leveling and the making out the ground plans of the first row of bricks. Developing computerized construction, flexibility in the modulation. (three sizes of bricks). When designing may arrange the dimension the walls with this system eliminating wastes, when using the three sizes without having to break the brick and throw the rest.

Easiness for expansion, additions and improvement of civil works. May be performed more speedily, could perform the fittings of the walls in other direction by means of the joints making it easy to add and without causing so many discomfort, throw less wastes in the place and giving as a result a solid and secure wall.

Clean work and without wastes.

Excepting the bricks and joints, all the components of the construction are conventional, found in the market.

V. TECHNICAL DATA A. Clay Bricks B. Concrete Bricks

A. Clay bricks: For the clay bricks has been established an strict modulation and of rigorously compliance.

In order to make more efficient the construction we have 3 types of bricks, always with the same height, as it appears in the following chart for clay bricks.

CHART OF BRICKS DIMENSIONS TYPE E H L SERIES BRICK THICKNESS HEIGHT LENGTH AREA VOLUME WEIGHT A A1 10 30.5 10 0.030 0.0013 1.560 A2 20 0.060 0.0026 3.120 A3 30 0.090 0.0044 5.280 B B1 12.5 30.5 12.5 0.038 0.0018 2.160 B2 25 0.075 0.0035 4.200 B3 37.5 0.113 0.0051 6.120 C C1 15 30.5 15 0.045 0.0023 2.760 C2 30 0.090 0.0044 5.280 C3 45 0.135 0.0064 7.680

brick with another brick.

Are used two joints for each brick.

For each type of brick were created different types of joints.

For the clay bricks, there are two types of joints:

The same are build with high resistance recycled plastic.

The JOINT 1A is used to fit one brick with another, the JOINT 2A is used when it is needed to refill it in order to gain more resistance and stability.

B. Concrete Bricks: Similar to the clay bricks is kept the modulation in order to obtain the continuity of the vertical holes. For its rationalization are derivate from ⅓, ⅔ and the whole brick. In order to speed and low the construction costs. See Chart Below.

CHART OF BRICKS DIMENSIONS TYPE E H L SERIES BRICK THICKNESS HEIGHT LENGTH AREA VOLUME WEIGHT A A1 10 21.5 10 0.0215 0.00138 3.036 A2 20 0.0430 0.00281 6.182 A3 30 0.0645 0.00413 9.086 B B1 12.5 21.5 12.5 0.0215 0.00269 3.982 B2 25 0.0430 0.00538 8.118 B3 37.5 0.0645 0.00806 11.058 C C1 15 21.5 15 0.0215 0.00323 4.928 C2 30 0.0430 0.00645 9.878 C3 45 0.0645 0.00968 14.044

In accordance with the construction needs we have:

B.1 Bricks of 10 cm.×45 cm.

The bricks of 10 cm. have a conventional length of 45 cm. With three ovals shaped holes. The same have a trapezoidal shape to facilitate the demoulding during its manufacturing.

Joints C1:

For the joints of the bricks of 10 cm. of concrete have two dimensions due to the configuration of the hole of the brick, as the same are slightly trapezoidal.

B.2 Bricks 15 cm.×45 cm.

In order to facilitate the requirements of the different steps of the construction, there has been designed a brick with more thickness required for a grossly wall. Ex. sanitary

Joints C2

The joints of the bricks of 15 cm. of concrete has been designed on a way that can be used in the two senses of the holes of the brick, to proportionate greater stability to the wall and maintaining the two dimensions of fitting due to the configuration of the hole of the brick, as the same are slightly trapezoidal. See attached detail.

VI. APPLICATIONS

With the System SOLOARMAR the process starts after having the floor or the slab of the construction. For that purpose the following steps will be carried out:

1. The First row of bricks, when it settle down over the mortar or traditional mixture, from there on and once verified the level and plumb, the next bricks will be fitted by means of the JOINTURES, using two joints for each brick, preferably on the extreme holes.

2. The doors and windows will be dimensioned on a modular form saying opening in a wall for door finished on the row 7 or multiple of 30 cm. In the same form proceeds with the windows.

3. When reaching the last row of bricks will be used a part called EXTENSOR to affix the wall to the fastening joist or existing slab. See detail.

4. Fastening Columns: With the purpose to increase the resistance and stability we created small columns, refilling the holes of the brick with a concrete of 1:3:3 y steel of ⅜″.

a. Applying it on specific cases as: Intersections on walls shaped on L, T and +. The vertices are filled and the first hole on each direction. See sketch.

b. on the same way fill the adjoining holes of the openings on the wall for windows and doors.

c. In loose walls, those that do not make intersection, the procedure is the same refilling the last hole.

d. When the walls have long distance intervals, larger than 2 meters, the holes are reinforced every meter.

Modifications to the Claims: of the document submitted on Apr. 21, 2005.

Invention applied to the field of his construction, specifically to the construction of bricks walls. We wish to comply with the safeguarding and protection of the invention submitted.

1. Claiming the system of the modulations characterized by the principle on which we base our technology, that consist on maintaining the centers (2A) at double size than the extremes (A) of the brick.

This modulation must be exact and repeated in the same brick. In order to obtain continuity on the vertical holes of the bricks. Giving as a result equal part from center to center.

X=Must be modules equal from center to center of the same brick. This principle is also applied for bricks of different dimensions and number of cells or holes and for different forms of the hole of equal dimensions.

At determining this modulation, we obtain maintaining the holes or cells vertical continues, on which we will be able to apply elements to fix a brick with the other (Second Principle on which we base our invent denominates Joints).

2. Claiming the Joints: Claiming the elements characterized by joints of recycled plastic that permits us to fit one brick with other. This joins are of size or form of the holes of the bricks. Is to say, the joint for one side is of the size of the superior part of the hole and for the other have the dimension of the inferior of the hole of the brick. We clear this out as the brick holes in the case of the concrete bricks are slightly conical.

In the middle of the joint we have a horizontal plaque that will allow us to separate both bricks, on a uniform way. Leaving a joint of homogeny mixture between bricks during the plaster of the wall.

The above requested claims, (Modulated Brick and the Joint) combined constitute a technical contribution for the construction of walls, as it not requires mixture (sand and cement) to fit one brick with the other, nor in the vertical or in the horizontal.

Another novelty is that as it is a dry assembly do not have to wait for the setting of plaster or that the wall strengthens, the whole wall may be build and plastered. Demonstrative sketch of the Continuity of the vertical holes (modulation) and the use of Joints indispensable for the constructive performance:

Name of the invention: SOLOARMAR

As we have described the invention consists in two basic and indispensable elements in order to comply with the purpose of this invention; one are the bricks duly modulated ant the other are the joints that fit in the hole of the bricks, as this technology in in dry only requires to fit the joints in the holes of the bricks and in this way the wall is build.

Based on this denominated the constructive technology SOLOARMAR. 

1. A method of construction of walls and reinforced walls without the need of mortar within the bricks in the horizontal, nor the verticals between the row of bricks, for that purpose we used a monolithic brick (FIG. 1) with longitudinally holes spaced in a way so that when building the rows of bricks with the joints alternated between the bricks immediately upper and lower produces the continuity in the vertical of the holes. Which permits the use of a part named Joint (FIG. 2), of recycled plastic also monolithic, forming a vertical wall with the looks of the ones of a standard construction. This system does not needs of any additional separating or leveling element to the brick and the joint. Nor any other element between the edges of the bricks. The use of alternate vertical joints in the wall of bricks offers a better resistance to the lateral shove. This system allows the safe conduct of pipe lines for electricity, plumbing and the steel levers, as the Joint, is hollow and sufficiently expanded for this use.
 2. Claiming of Joints: Claiming the elements characterized by joints of recycled plastic that will allow us to fit a brick with another. That means, the joint on one side is the size of the upper part of the hole and the other has the dimension of the lower part of the hole of the brick. We clarify this as the holes of the bricks in the case of the concrete bricks are slightly conical. The monolithic joint has in the middle a perimetrical edging that allows to separate both bricks, on a standardized way. Leaving a joint of homogeny mixture between the bricks during the plastering of the wall. The above requested claims, Construction System with two basic elements (Brick and the Joint) FIG. 3 constitute in combination a technical contribution for the construction of walls, as it does not requires mixture (sand and concrete) to fit a brick with other, on the vertical nor on the horizontal. Another novelty is that as it is a “dry” assembly it does not have to wait for the setting of plaster or the hardening of the wall, the whole wall may be build and plastered. Demonstrative sketch of the System of bricks and the use of the Joints, (FIG. 4) indispensables to perform the constructive method. 